Sunday, January 15, 2012

Taller

In church my son attends his sunday school class with a girl that is about four inches taller than the next kid. Apparently my son's 19 year old teacher told them, that one day he would be taller than this girl. He proudly told me this, I guess I could have left it at that. But instead I crashed his dreams, played the realist in me. Its who I am, I have a hard time turning it off. I told him, maybe not, her mom is taller than your dad. This little girl's dad is probably 6'6" while I guess the mom is a good 6'. So yeah, sorry to burst your bubble child of mine, but odds are no, you won't be taller than her, neither of your parents thankfully hit 6 feet. Your parents are taller than average but not in our church. I'm pretty sure the average height of an adult male who is mormon in america is a good four inches taller than the average male in america.

From A A Milne

By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger... For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, "There is no hurry. We shall get there some day."

For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the handthat rules the world.

My Daily Mantra

“When you cannot do what you have always done, then you only do what matters most.” Elder Hales